Lernlabor

🖌Cyanotype Textile Workshop for Old White T-Shirts
Date: Tuesday12.05.2026
Time: 17:00 – 20:00
Location: Oberlandstraße 26–35, 12099 Berlin, Haus 9

Join us for a Cyanotype textile workshop where we will experiment together with ways to give a second life to old white T-shirts through one of the earliest photographic printing techniques. Cyanotype, also known as a blueprint process, is a simple, magical, and playful printing technique that creates deep blue images using UV light. Inspired by nature and powered by sunlight, this workshop invites participants to rediscover forgotten clothing and transform it into something personal, expressive, and wearable again, in creative ways to reimagine clothes that are no longer “white enough” to wear. During the workshop, participants will explore printing on natural cotton fabric using plants, objects, and handmade compositions. We will take time to experiment, observe, and create unique patterns shaped by light and nature. Together, we will explore how creativity, sunlight, and experimentation can help us reduce textile waste while making clothing more meaningful and personal.

✂Embodiment-Inspired Reverse Appliqué Workshop
Date: Thursday 21.05.2026
Time: 17:00 – 20:00

Join us for an Embodiment-Inspired Reverse Appliqué Workshop where sewing becomes a tool for self-expression, storytelling, and giving new life to damaged clothing. During the workshop, participants will learn the technique of reverse appliqué and explore how textile repair can become both creative and deeply personal. Reverse appliqué is a sewing technique in which layers of fabric are placed underneath one another and carefully cut away to reveal hidden colors, textures, and shapes beneath the surface. This process creates depth, contrast, and expressive designs while also allowing us to repair holes, stains, and worn areas in old clothing. Together, we will experiment with transforming old T-shirts and textiles into expressive pieces that can communicate emotions, symbols, memories, and messages.

To participate, registration is required through this Google Form --> https://forms.gle/4A4GC5QAw4QC2sMf8

The workshops are co-funded by the European Union and free of charge.

During Fashion Revolution Week, we came together in Berlin for a series of workshops where participants learned how to reuse, repair, and personalise textiles in a relaxed and open space. With Geo Gregory, we turned old T-shirts and fabric scraps into yarn and learned basic knitting, starting small handmade projects like bags. It was a hands-on way to see how materials we usually throw away can become something useful again.

In the next workshops, we focused on creativity and repair. With Nino Kipiani, participants designed and printed their own patterns using linoleum printing, making their clothes more personal and unique. With Lili Petkovics, we learned Sashiko-inspired visible mending, using simple stitching techniques to repair damaged clothes while making them look beautiful. Across all workshops, people shared ideas, learned new skills, and reflected on how small actions can help us live in a more sustainable way.

The project is co-funded by the European Union. The workshops are part of the Solidarity Corps project "Act. Create. Transform."

Stay tuned for updates on our next workshop.

How long do you commute each day? What is your main way of transport? How much do you spend on public transport each month? Have you ever tried bike touring?

These are some of the questions we explored during our bike picnic, which marked the closing event of our year-long youth participation project.

It was a great opportunity to reflect on the role of cycling in our daily lives, its social impact, and to get ready for spring adventures.

We shared photos, food, conversations, and games. Together with .berlin, we set up a small repair station where participants could do basic bike checks and repairs, while also exchanging knowledge and tips.

There was also the chance to screen print the project logo with .berlin

Thanks to everyone who joined us and for showing up despite the windy weather.

Act. Create. Transform: Fashion Revolution Week Workshops 🪡

As part of Fashion Revolution Week 2026, we invite you to take part in a creative, hands-on workshop series that challenges fast fashion and celebrates sustainable making. This event is part of a global movement advocating for a fairer, cleaner, and more transparent fashion industry. Join us for one (or all!) of our upcoming sessions:

📍 Address: Oberlandstraße 26-35, 12099 Berlin, Haus 9

🧶 Turning Textiles Waste into Yarn and Knitting
🗓️ Date: Thursday, April 23rd
🕐 Time: 17:00 – 20:00
Geo Gregory will show us how to rethink "trash" by turning old textile waste into usable yarn, exploring new upcycled knitting techniques. Beginners will be supported in learning how to knit whilst creating a small bag, while more experienced knitters can begin a simple vest project and receive the pattern to continue at home. This is an extension of the knitting workshops Geo has run previously.

🎨 Linoleum Printing Workshop
🗓️ Date: Saturday, April 25th
🕐 Time: 13:00 – 16:00
During the workshop, we’ll discover the art of linoleum printing and learn how to transform plain fabrics into unique, wearable art. Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned DIY enthusiast, this workshop is designed for all levels. Nini Kipiani will guide you through the entire creative process: from the basics of sketching your design and safely cutting the linoleum material to mastering ink application and printing onto fabric.

🪡 Sashiko-Inspired Visible Mending
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, April 28th
🕐 Time: 17:00 – 20:00
In a Sashiko-inspired visible mending workshop, we’ll learn simple stitching techniques to repair and strengthen worn areas on your clothes while celebrating imperfections. The workshop will be led by Lili Petkovics.

No previous experience is required for any of the workshops. All materials will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own clean clothes or textile scraps to upcycle, swap, or mend!

IMPORTANT: Registration is required via this form --> https://forms.gle/JcwNZTwtZFESDxnG9

About the project:
Act. Create. Transform. is a series of workshops that connect practical skills with sustainability and environmental awareness. Through hands-on learning, we support everyday climate action and strengthen local collaboration around ecological responsibility.

The workshops are co-funded by the European Union. Participation is free of charge.

In January, we spent a week in the beautiful Sidi Kaouki, Morocco, for the third edition of our Erasmus+ training course Youth Work Flow 3.0.

Together with youth workers and practitioners from Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, Georgia, and across Europe, we explored Acroyoga, partner acrobatics, and embodied play as tools for non-formal education and community building.

Through a combination of practical workshops, reflection sessions, and peer exchange, participants developed methods for using movement as a tool for social inclusion, working with the body as a universal language that can bridge cultures, abilities, and backgrounds.

Building on previous editions, the training focused on how these approaches can be transferred into participants’ local contexts and youth work practice.

Many thanks to our local partners and , and to our inspiring trainers Juri Kussmauel and Brenda Jorda.

Looking forward to returning to Morocco for future projects

🐝During the workshop, we came together to explore and develop alternatives to plastic packaging using old textiles.

Participants selected second-hand fabrics and chose patterns they wanted to transform into their own beeswax wraps and small reusable bags. This process encouraged creativity while rethinking how existing materials can be reused in everyday life.

Lili introduced the materials and explained what needed to be mixed and how to work with the beeswax. Step by step, the group followed the process, turning fabric into functional, natural food wraps.

Throughout the session, we exchanged ideas on reducing plastic use and reflected on how simple, practical solutions can support more sustainable daily habits.

The workshop created a space for learning, experimentation, and collective thinking around ecological responsibility.

The project is co-funded by the European Union. The workshops are part of the Solidarity Corps project "Act. Create. Transform."

Stay tuned for updates on our next workshop.

Why is cycling important to you? We are sharing some moments from our event, Re-cycling. We have engaged with the topic of cycling as a tool for empowerment and watched the documentary "Women Don´t Cycle,". After we reflected on personal transformative stories through collage-making. If you want to hear more about the “Cycling for Empowerment” project, join our Bike Picnic on Sunday. 

Registration link in Bio

How do we make decisions through the body? How can movement support well-being and participation?

Join us for a full-day multiplier event where we share the results of the Level Up! project through workshops, exchange, and embodied practice.

Date: 22.03.2026
Time: 11:00–17:00
Address: Studio 0/1, Gottlieb-Dunkel-Straße 30, Berlin

Programme of the day:
11:00–13:00 | IMPROBABLE LIFTS
An improvised partnering workshop exploring non-verbal negotiation, trust, and play. Through experimental movement practices, we enter a space where failure, spontaneity, and “generous struggle” become tools for connection.

13:00–15:00 | Lunch, Networking & Presentation
A shared lunch and informal exchange with participants, youth workers, and local stakeholders.
We will present our publication:
“Decision-making Triangles for Well-being and Participation”
followed by an open discussion and feedback round.
Facilitated by .h.lang

15:00–17:00 | PHYTO-SOMATIC DANCE (PARTY)
A hybrid between a dance workshop and a collective exploration of embodiment.
Through guided improvisation, voice work, and live music, we explore microbiology, rhythm, and connection, dissolving boundaries between bodies into a shared field of movement.
Live music: Borys Słowikowski
Facilitation: Dorota Michalak

Participation is free of charge, but prior registration is necessary to keep the group size suitable for the event. Registration link: https://forms.gle/e8wVfPu5anHz8DQT7

This event is part of the Erasmus+ project “Level Up! Re-planning Physical, Mental, and Emotional Well-being”
developed by Lernlabor (Germany) and Moon10 (Greece). Co-funded by the European Union

Biking Together Dissimination event

Date: 21 March
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Meeting and endpoint: Fürstenwalde near the train station

Join us for a cycling workshop where we will ride together, share ideas about sustainable mobility, and present the manual developed within the project “A Guide on How to Start a BikeBus in Any City and Primary School in Europe.”

We will cycle together from Fürstenwalde towards Land Kunst Leben e.V., where we will introduce the BikeBus manual and exchange ideas on how the concept could be used in different communities, schools, and organisations. The event will include time for discussion, networking, and collective brainstorming.

Lunch will be organised by Lernlabor during the break. Afterwards, we will continue the ride towards Schloss Steinhöfel before cycling back to the Fürstenwalde train station.

The total cycling time will be around 1 hour and 30 minutes, with longer breaks planned along the way.

No prior cycling experience is required. If you do not have a bike but would like to join, please still apply and indicate it in the form. We will try to organise a bicycle for you.

Registration is required to participate.
The registration link: https://forms.gle/Xp3cbekzRVPVNDJH6

Participation is free of charge.

The workshop is co-funded by the European Union as part of the project “Biking Together.”

Act. Create. Transform: Beeswax Wraps Workshop

🗓️ Date: 10th March 2020
🕐 Time: 17:00 – 20:00
📍 Address: Oberlandstraße 26-35, 12099 Berlin, Haus 9

In collaboration with and .berlin, we invite you to explore sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging. Together, we will create natural, reusable food wraps using beeswax and old textile materials.

Malte Glatthaar will open the workshop with a short input on bees, their ecosystem services, and why they are vital to our environment. Afterwards, Petkovics Lili will guide us step by step through the process of transforming second-hand fabrics into practical beeswax wraps you can use at home.

No previous experience is required. All materials will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own clean cotton fabrics to upcycle.

IMPORTANT: Registration is required via Google Form (link in bio). Places are limited.

About the project:

Act. Create. Transform. is a series of workshops that connect practical skills with sustainability and environmental awareness. Through hands-on learning, we support everyday climate action and strengthen local collaboration around ecological responsibility.

The workshop is co-funded by the European Union. Participation is free of charge.

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, February 17th
🕐 Time: 17:00 – 20:00
📍 Address: Oberlandstraße 26-35, 12099 Berlin, Haus 9

Act.Create.Transform: The Patch Workshop
Don’t hide your repairs—highlight them! Join us to learn how to create bold, colorful textile patches that cover rips and stains or simply personalize your favorite clothes. Using simple hand-sewing and embroidery techniques, we’ll turn mending into a creative statement.
The session is led by Carolyn Edmondson, a fashion activist and artist from the repair duo .berlin. Carolyn’s work focuses on upcycling as a sustainable alternative to industrial fashion, rooted in community and care.
All materials are provided. Feel free to bring a garment you’d like to customize!

IMPORTANT: How to Join?
Registration is required via the Google Form in our bio. Spots are limited!

About the project:
Act. Create. Transform is a workshop series funded by the European Union and organized by Lernlabor. We provide practical tools—from mending to upcycling—to help people take action toward a more sustainable and conscious fashion future.